Gateway to The Skeptic's Dictionary with skeptical articles on the occult, the supernatural, the paranormal and the pseudoscientific.

The Entropic Constant produces the proverbial Theory of Everything once the Anthropic Principle is understood by way of the thermodynamic algorithm that gives rise to the history of man.…

A presentation of the relationship between the Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Numbers from the proceedings of the Friesian School.

Introduction to the problem and the controversy. As well as a simulator. Contains a link to the next page which explains the maths behind the problem.

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (DMI) carries on in the tradition which made the Ecole Normale Supérieure one of the world academic institution having trained the greatest number of …

Based at the Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics (partly supported by Simon Fraser University, the Centre de recherches mathmatiques (CRM), the TeleLearning Research Network, the University of West…

John McQuaid reports on the status of the investigation into the levee failures by the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Science Foundation, and the latest plans to improve the desig…

The LOICZ Project focuses on the area of the earth's surface where land, ocean and atmosphere meet and interact. The overall goal of this project is to determine at regional and global scales: the nature of tha…

The Commission is currently funded by 22 Member States which support the work of a large scientific network - some 500 institutes and over 2500 researchers - united by a commitment to promote marine science for the lasting protection of

Founded in 1956 by marine researchers with interests in the marine science of the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean. Founded primarily as a scientific organization, the strength of AMLC lies in the diversity of it…

The history and story of how the Global Positioning System evolved from the development of the world's most accurate timepieces, atomic clocks, by physicists looking into the nature of time. Adapted from an art…

Atlantic Monthly article reviews the abrupt (less than a decade transition) climate changes of the past, analyzes the role of the Gulf Stream's thermohaline circulation switching modes of operation, and present…

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of <…

Contains 3D maps of the universe zooming out from the nearest stars to the scale of the galaxy and out to the surrounding superclusters and finally to the scale of the known universe.…

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific's detailed explanations of the Moon's phases, including positions of the Moon in southern and northern hemispheres during its different phases and

Operated by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at California State University, the San Fernando Observatory is a state of the art Solar Observatory and the primary astronomical research…

Describes the development of a higher education facility for women in South Africa and the events that led to the American scientific expedition to be able to view the astronomical phenomena. Page includes background of key par…

Basic explanations of key concepts, including the Big Bang, expansion of the universe, and the ripples in the density of the early universe that led to the galaxies and stars we see today.…

Explanations of the Julian Calendar, the Gregorian Reform, the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar, the length of the tropical year and related matters.

The companion web site to "The Beast of Loch Ness", originally broadcast on NOVA on January 12, 1999. The film follows a three-week expedition that used state-of-the-art sonar and sensitive …